Babel has said sorry to his team mates after his sending-off meant they had to play an hour against Benfica with ten men but also (correctly) pointed out that the Benfica players were a bunch of pricks who had made the decision for the referee.
"The referee told me the red card was for touching Luisao's face - that was it. It was clear that Luisao had made an awful foul and all I wanted to do was back up Fernando. Luisao came over all loud and in my face," said the winger.
"All I wanted to do was try and back him off. I just told him not to come too close. But the referee still gives me a red card. But I did it.
"I think maybe it was a little bit too harsh. It might have been a stupid, silly thing for me to touch him in the face but I thought a yellow card would have been fair enough. But if they are the rules, what can I do? Luisao came too close to me. He was pushing and very loud, straight in my face but they (Benfica's players) made it bigger than it was.
"I will learn from the mistake and it won't happen again. As a team, we were in control in the first 30 minutes and we had got our goal.
"For myself, I had felt good. I felt a bit unlucky with a couple of my early dribbles but I was confident that I could grow into the game.
"I have spoken to the lads and said sorry. But it is good and I felt they were behind me. They fought all the way and I am confident we can do well in the next game.
"I feel very guilty that we lost but a big complement to the team is that we were still comfortable with 10 men. Hopefully we will get the good result we need."